NATO Quotes · Page 7

As long as NATO changes when the world is changing, we will be very important for the security of all our allies,…

— Jens Stoltenberg

Jim Stavridis is the former NATO commander who is sometimes on people's lists, also very plausible, self-possessed, someone with sobriety.

— David Brooks

Russia is a part of European culture. Therefore, it is with difficulty that I imagine NATO as an enemy.

— Vladimir Putin

I'm a realist, and I thought from the get-go that NATO expansion was going to lead to one heck of a lot…

— John Mearsheimer

Right now, Russia's future should be wedded to Europe. Why they see NATO as a threat is beyond me. Clearly, NATO is…

— James Mattis

There's absolutely no reason for NATO to be sticking its fingers up the nostrils of Russia at every orifice. I mean, it's…

— Rashid Khalidi

I believe a strong NATO has been the bulwark of our defence in Europe. Obviously that's important in the UK national interest…

— Theresa May

NATO has been supporting Haj pilgrimage for those Afghans who wish to go to Saudi Arabia. The Alliance has played a role…

— James Appathurai

Unilateral disarmament by Britain is opposed to our country's best interests, could begin the unravelling of NATO and therefore jeopardise the stability…

— James Callaghan

I think there is a good deal of promise in those discussions as well. I think there is a range of matters…

— Warren Christopher

In addition to deep divisions on issues such as trade, climate change, Middle East peace and nuclear weapons, Trump's attacks on leaders…

— Ben Rhodes

NATO was a wonderful idea. It was formed in 1949. We are as far away from NATO as NATO was when it…

— Barney Frank

Nato is supposed to be here to protect the alliance... If Poland and other central European countries constitute the real flank of…

— Andrzej Duda

I have no doubt that the U.S., even under Trump, will stick to the mutual defense commitment in the NATO treaty in…

— Jean-Claude Juncker

I'm a businessperson. I did really well. But I have common sense. And I said, well, I'll tell you. I haven't given…

— Donald Trump

These missiles [Cruise and Pershing II] represent a new generation of missiles whose deployment will help give NATO first-strike capability. With this…

— Petra Kelly

Currently, the United States has troops in dozens of countries and is actively fighting in Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Yemen (with the…

— Rand Paul

The Alliance and NATO is two different things. France is a member of the Alliance. NATO is an organization not mentioned in…

— Helmut Schmidt

What's the purpose of NATO? Well actually we have an official answer. It isn't publicized much, but a couple of years ago,…

— Noam Chomsky

The [George W.] Bush administration tripled its aid package to Afghanistan. [Hamid] Karzai finally (and courageously) announced that warlords will be forbidden…

— Khaled Hosseini

I think what Secretary Ash Carter is seeing, and I'm glad he is, is that we got to get NATO back working…

— Hillary Clinton

I want significant parts of Nato infrastructure, important for the alliance, to be placed in the central Europe.

— Andrzej Duda

It is possible there will be much less support for NATO because there is a lot of identification of the United States…

— Janez Drnovsek

The NATO forces will, to the extent that they have capacity, assist the war crimes tribunal.

— Warren Christopher

We're working with NATO, the longest military alliance in the history of the world, to really turn our attention to terrorism.

— Hillary Clinton

If we get the capabilities, NATO, along with the European Union, can do amazing things.

— Anonymous

President Trump has made no secret of his disdain for NATO and his willingness to consider leaving it.

— Tom Malinowski

The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery is a threat to both the Nato allies and Russia.

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

I served in the Navy in Europe and know firsthand the importance of our NATO partners.

— Mikie Sherrill

NATO's deterrence has always been adequate, and I'm not worried about the physical security of my country. Not at all.

— Kersti Kaljulaid

A strong E.U., a strong NATO, and a true strategic partnership between them is profoundly in our interest.

— John McCain

Russia is a direct threat to our NATO allies in the Baltics and in Poland as well as a threat to peace…

— Dan Lipinski

Crimea, a casualty of the West's attempt to march NATO and the European Union up to Russia's doorstep, is surely lost for…

— John Mearsheimer

It's been a long time since NATO was created, and I also think Donald Trump has spoken very wisely about the need…

— Mike Pence

Since Lithuania is a NATO member, the United States would almost certainly come to its defense if Russia attacked the country.

— John Mearsheimer

If a future U.S. president were to refuse to defend an ally under attack, NATO would lose all credibility.

— Jeanne Shaheen

The fact is that the American government and NATO have destroyed Iraq and Afghanistan. Their next targets will be Syria and Iran.

— Mairead Corrigan

We've walked away from our treaty obligations in Ukraine, putting NATO at risk.

— Ryan Zinke

I can't believe that the Russians really think they're more insecure because Estonia is in NATO. And we don't have forces poised…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

With Leighton Smith in charge, we've got a Navy admiral running a predominantly land campaign - the first ever in NATO's 47-year…

— Sam Smith